Residents of Perth and parts of Western Australia's southwest are allowed to use sprinklers only one day a week under a new state government restriction.The tightening of sprinkler use follows Perth's second driest winter on record and a record 18-day dry spell in September.
The long dry has left city supply dams at only 35.2 per cent full compared with 53.2 per cent full at the same time last year. Perth region had experienced its lowest run-off into dams since 1913.
Advertisement: Story continues below From Friday, a one-day-a-week sprinkler roster applies in Perth and WA's southwest and lower great southern regions.
The new roster will apply until November 30 and replaces the previous two-day-a-week roster.
Bore owners are permitted to use their bores for three days a week and hand-watering of gardens and lawns is still allowed.
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